Please help me run my mod correctly!

[smokey1401]

Hi,

Im completely new to mapping and using the hammer editor. I have made a small level that seems to look OK, but here's my problem thats been bugging me for days! (excuse me if its a very noob question!)...

When I compile and run the level using F9, it loads the level but it does not play like a half-life game: all tutorials that I see when they run they're simple room, the player has a health bar and a gravity gun, my player has neither of these, the screen is empty of any data. Also, the character can jump and climb objects that simply shouldnt be possible.

I figured that it might be because I did not "create a new mod" so I tried this and managed to get the mod to appear in the "My Games" list in steam...when I launch it from here it just takes me to the menu screen (New Game, Load Game, Options, Quit), although there is nowhere I can go from here I cant access the map and Im forced to quit.

PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME WITH THIS IT WILL BE REALLY APPRECIATED!!

 

[Pesmerga]

What you're trying to do is create a map, not a mod. You do not need to "Create a MOD" to play your own map.

On your HUD... type "impulse 101" into the console (without the quotes).

On the climbing objects thing... I'm not really sure. Can you be more descriptive? What mod or game are you mapping for? (CS:S, TF2, etc)

 

[smokey1401]

Firstly thanks for your reply...

Its mapping for a HL2 single player...about the HUD, Im new to this and don't know exactly what you mean, how do I access it and where do I type "impulse 101"? Sorry if its a trivial question!

 

[smokey1401]

OK sorry I have researched HUD and it seems its the in-game display (ie health, ammo etc). Although it would seem that this should automatically appear as in most tutorials I see and what I have seen in text books. This seems to be completeyl disabled when I run the map...and also when I die it does not respawn, the screen kinda freezes in the "dead" position and I have to press ESC (from memory). I think this is all tied in to the same issue: it is not running as an actual "game"?

 

[Beerdude26]

You're probably running it in Half-Life 2 instead of Half-Life 2 Deathmatch. In HL2, you couldn't respawn, so when you run your map in it, you won't either.

 

[smokey1401]

Ah thanks I see that makes sense...

Any ideas why the health bar is not there or how I go about adding one?? It seems this isnt a problem for any1 in the world but me!!